diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index cadf1c6a3198..020c5712a4c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ endef
 kernel.img: zImage
 	$(Q)scripts/mkkrnlimg $(objtree)/arch/arm/boot/zImage $(objtree)/kernel.img >/dev/null
 	@echo '  Image:  kernel.img (with zImage) is ready'
+ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	$(Q)if [ "$(srctree)" = "$(objtree)" ]; then $(MAKE) modules; fi
+endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FB
 LOGO := $(notdir $(wildcard $(srctree)/logo.bmp))
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index e188c2ce6659..c8cfc31e7f6f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ endef
 kernel.img: Image.lz4
 	$(Q)scripts/mkkrnlimg $(objtree)/arch/arm64/boot/Image $(objtree)/kernel.img >/dev/null
 	@echo '  Image:  kernel.img is ready'
+ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	$(Q)if [ "$(srctree)" = "$(objtree)" ]; then $(MAKE) modules; fi
+endif
 
 LOGO := $(notdir $(wildcard $(srctree)/logo.bmp))
 LOGO_KERNEL := $(notdir $(wildcard $(srctree)/logo_kernel.bmp))